At blown bridge location: in preparation to floating across a convoy of US Army [deuce and a halves] with remaining infantry, members of the 87th Eng. Co. / 7th Support Bn. convey an opposite shore security force consisting of troops from CoB, 2nd BN, 3rd Inf. All involved are elements of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade (generally operating in War Zone C & D) 1967. Mekong Delta region, cannot recall precise location, likely in or near Long An province.

Only the swamps of Florida stand between two female soldiers becoming
the first women to ever graduate from the Army’s famously difficult
Ranger School.

The women have completed the school’s Mountain
Phase, and will move on to the third and final phase of training, Army
officials said Friday. It begins Sunday when they and 125 men who also
completed the Mountain Phase parachute into the Florida Panhandle and
start training at Eglin Air Force Base’s Camp James E. Rudder.

A
third woman who advanced to the Mountain Phase was “recycled” along with
60 men. That means they did not advance, but will be allowed to try the
course again and can still graduate later. All three women began the
Mountain Phase on July 11 alongside 156 male students who also were
attempting it for the first time, and 42 men who already were training
in the mountains, but failed to pass there the first time. The phase
includes 20 days of climbing, hiking, rappelling and patrolling in the
mountains of the Chattahoochee National Forest, mostly with minimal
sleep and little food.

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) have a duty to respectfully honor America’s sons and daughters who have lost their lives in defense of this great nation. “Flags In” is a four hour event in which over 1,000 Soldiers from The Old Guard remember Service-members in Arlington National Cemetery, Va. by placing a flag on the over 228,000 headstones in the cemetery. Soldiers in The Old Guard have held this honor and privilege of conducting “Flags In” since 1948.

A North Vietnamese Army “roadblock” on Hwy 19, 1968. All sorts of debris–sticks, cans, empty brass, etc–would be placed on the road during the night. Because any object could be booby-trapped or hide a mine, this harassment tactic would delay the morning road opening–and sometimes would portend an ambush. (3-C-1/69 Armor)

Spc. Matthew Tattersall of the 82nd Airborne celebrates his final jump before leaving the Army with his pet beta fish, Willy Did MakeIt. Matthew was giving 12 days extra duty and had to write an essay on safety.